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Terry Young, 20, faces second-degree murder, unlawful use of a
weapon and armed criminal action charges for opening fire during
an altercation on Feb. 14 near the city's landmark Union
Station, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said in a
statement. The incident occurred while throngs of fans had
gathered to celebrate the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl win
over the San Francisco 49ers.
Local radio personality Elizabeth Lopez-Galvan, 43, was killed
while 25 people, including nine children, were wounded in the
bloodshed that unfolded following a parade and rally.
"The victims were caught in gunfire after the defendant and
other individuals fired weapons in response to a verbal
argument," Baker said.
A lawyer for Young was not listed in online court records.
Six days after the bloodshed, Dominic Miller, 18, of Kansas City
and Lyndell Mays, 23, of suburban Raytown were charged with
second-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action and
one count of unlawful use of a weapon.
Two teenagers were also charged as juveniles in family court
with firearms offenses and resisting arrest. Prosecutors have
said they would seek to also charge the two minors as adults,
and that the investigation was continuing.
An account of the shooting pieced together from witnesses and
video footage determined the violence started when Mays and a
group of individuals who confronted him "began arguing about why
they were staring at each other," police said in a sworn
affidavit.
While all three men are charged with murder, Baker said the
evidence shows it was a bullet fired from Miller's weapon that
struck and killed Lopez-Galvan.
Conviction for second-degree murder in Missouri is punishable by
a prison sentence of 10 to 30 years or life.
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Chicago; Editing by Matthew
Lewis)
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